So few lived to tell
Horrible, unbelieveable stories
Yellow star
Stripped of their rights
Hunted animals
Destruction of the Jews
...Auschwitz.
We need to get rid of all you Jews!
He was a millionaire but even this didn't save him his life.
Madman's Hell.
Hitler.
Nazis.
Germany.
Ghettos.
Gas chamber.
Auschwitz
...a prisoner's number.
Cattle cars.
We watched until they disappeared from our eyes.
Children.
And they never anymore screamed.
They'll never take him from me!
I'm not going, it's a Nazi trap!
Prisoner on the Hell planet.
...Auschwitz.
Zionist.
You will come out of this place free.
I am going to leave behind
...Yellow Star.
I am going to leave behind
...a prisoner's number.
I am going to leave behind
...Auschwitz.
Rationale: The theme of my poem is survival. The horrors of the the Holocaust are unmeasurable but so is the the strength of the human spirit. My poem attempts to identify the awful effects of Auschwitz and the impact it had on the people that went there. I repeat the word Auschwitz like an echo. It never goes completely away and is always there. Those that survived the Holocaust went on to create their own homeland in Israel. They told their story to children and future generations so the story would be heard forever. Through the stories the victims of the Holocaust come alive. This is the survival I am trying to capture.
Survivor
So few lived to tell
Horrible, unbelieveable stories
Yellow star
Stripped of their rights
Hunted animals
Destruction of the Jews
...Auschwitz.
We need to get rid of all you Jews!
He was a millionaire but even this didn't save him his life.
Madman's Hell.
Hitler.
Nazis.
Germany.
Ghettos.
Gas chamber.
Auschwitz
...a prisoner's number.
Cattle cars.
We watched until they disappeared from our eyes.
Children.
And they never anymore screamed.
They'll never take him from me!
I'm not going, it's a Nazi trap!
Prisoner on the Hell planet.
...Auschwitz.
Zionist.
You will come out of this place free.
I am going to leave behind
...Yellow Star.
I am going to leave behind
...a prisoner's number.
I am going to leave behind
...Auschwitz.
Rationale:
The theme of my poem is survival. The horrors of the the Holocaust are unmeasurable but so is the the strength of the human spirit. My poem attempts to identify the awful effects of Auschwitz and the impact it had on the people that went there. I repeat the word Auschwitz like an echo. It never goes completely away and is always there. Those that survived the Holocaust went on to create their own homeland in Israel. They told their story to children and future generations so the story would be heard forever. Through the stories the victims of the Holocaust come alive. This is the survival I am trying to capture.